Water-charging apparatus



B. H. SAVAGE WATER C-IHARGING APPARATUS an apparatus into which plain water may y tank.

untreu stares i 1,333,793 tliay'tEhi't BASILH. SAVAGE, OF SAN FRANCSCG, CALFGRNIl-L A S'EGNOR, BY MESN .LSSGN- MENTS, TO MICHAEL 3'. EA'VAGE, E LGS .FahTrELEf CALFRNIA. i

Application filed April 13, 1922. Serial No. 552,337;

To all whom 'it may concern.'

Be it known that l, Basin H. SAVAGE, a citizen ot the `United States of America, and a resident of the city and county ot San Francisco and State ot California, have invented a new and useful Water-Charging Apparatus, ct which the following is a speciiication-` i i My invention relates to devices tor charging water with carbonio acid gas and dispensingthe charged water. @ne ot the objects of the invention is the provision ot tiow `as rapidly as it is drawn oit thru a draught head and which is charged with carbonio acid gas while in the-apparatus- My invention possesses other objects and features `ot advantage, some ot which, with the foregoing, will be set forth in the following description ot my invention.` 1t is to be understood that l do not limit myself to the showing made by the said description, as l may adopt variant :terms of my invention within the scope oit the claim.

Referring to the drawings, Fig. 1 is a vertical sectional view thru my apparatus. Fig. 2 is an elevation of a portion of the draught head showing the valve seat. Fig. 3 is an elevation ot the end ci' the plug valve. Fig. 4 is a .front elevation of the draught head, portions thereof being sectioned. i

Broadly stated,` my invention comprises a tank into which water to be charged and charging `gas may How. rThe upper end of ythe tank is provided with a discharge pas- `sage terminating in a draught head embodying a valve tor controlling the iow ot' charged water from the tank, and also for controlling the flow of charging gas to the The valveis so arranged that the gas supplypassage `is open only when the charged water discharge passage is closed and is closed when the charged water disr charge passage isopen. The unitary valve performing these.` functions is controlled by asingle draught arm. When the `draught arm is moved to draw charged water from the tank, the carbonio acid gas How is interrupted andA tresh water enters the tank to replace` the charged water withdrawn. @Vith the recovery movement ot the draught arm to stop the tow of charged water the carbonio acid'` gas is again turned on to fully charge the diluted mixture in the tank.

vlooits 6.` Gaskets 7 are interposed between the'cylindricai shell andthe ends in order to provide a tank secure against leakage and capable oil withstanding some degree,

ot pressure. Connected into the bottom ot the tank is a water supply pipe 8 in which is a check valve 9 to prevent `any hack Iiow.

Extending tromthe top plate 3 is a boss 11 enclosing the passage 12, and a draught head 13 embodying a plug valve 14, controlled by the draught arm 16, is mounted on the boss. The base plate 2 is also formed l with 4a boss 17 enclosing a. passage 13 provided with a check valve 19 thru which gas enters the tank. The gas supply passage 18 is connected by a conduit 21 with a port 22 opening on the face of the valve seat in the draught head and a similar port 23 closely spaced to port 22 marks the -inner end of the conduit 24, the outer end of which terminates in a nipple 26 tor connection with any suitable source of gas. rihe discharge passage 12 also opens on the valve seat in theport 27.

The plug valve 14 is provided with a recess 28 adapted to be registered with the two ports 22 and 23, to connect the gas passages. oi the plug valve `are also provided, and open in ports 33 and 34 respectively on the lateral tace ot the valve. Either ot the ports 31 and 32 are adapted to be registered with the port 27 at which time the correspending port 33 or 34, as the case may be, is in register with the port 36 which marksthe opening ot the discharge passage 37 in thev nozzle of the draught head. The ports 33 and 34 preferably vary insize so Ports 31 and 32 in the flat face that at the option of the operator a stream y `ot small or large volume may be projected trom the nozzle.

The arrangement ot the ports will beob` ports 22 and Q3 thus allowing gas to enter the charging tank. In this position the port 27 is covered. In order to draw Charged Water the draught arin is pulled 't'orwarL to position B, first covering the ports and Q3 and cutting ofi the 'flow ot charging gas, and. next registering the port 2i' with the port 32, thus permitting a relatively large volume stream oi' charged Water to escape. Iy moving the draught arm backn'ardly .to position C, the port 3l is registered with .the port Q7 and a stream ,of higher relocityand smaller yelnme is then projected from the nozzle et the draught head.

TWhileftlie charged water is i'iowing `from the draught head the gas is shut ott from the pressure tank and tresli Water is entering tlie bottom ol? the tank to replace the charged Water Withdrawn from the top. l-ith the recovery niovement of the dran ght arm to position A the discharge olf' elxfn'ged `Water is stopped andthe gas again turned on so thatthe diluted mixture in the tank may be againbrought up to the saturation point.

A double Walled shell 38 embodying` a layer oft heat-insulating 'materia-l preferably surrounds the tank, providing an annular space 39 in which ice or .any other suitable cooling agent may be placed. A Flange ll on the base plate 2 provides a. suitable base for the apparatus to stand on, and an insulated cover 42 closes the top o't' the shell. As a matter ot appearance I prefer to enclose the conduits 21 and 24; in a tube 43.

In order to perfect the joint between the Iplug valve and its seat, I prefer to form the end face o't the plug ot a rubber gasket, prevented Jfrom rotationvbythe engagement therein of short studs 44 projecting 'from the plug.

,I claim:

In an .apparatus for charging ,Water with. gas, a charging' tank, a passage for connecting said .tank to a` source ot' Water, a discharge passage for the charged Water opening from vthe top of the tank, a valve for controlling` the vflow of charged water arranged in said passage, a passage connectiiug a source of to said Valve seat, and a passage extending from said Valve seat to rthe Abottom ot' said tank, said Valve being recessed yto connect said last two passages when the discharge Water passage is closed.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand.

BASIL H. SAVAGE. 

